Healthcare IT Today August 2, 2019
The following is a guest article by Mary Kay Thalken, RN, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer at Ensocare in Omaha, Nebraska.
The U.S. Census Bureau projects the 2030s to be a transformative decade for the U.S. population. By 2030, all baby boomers will be older than age 65. This will expand the size of the older population so that 1 in every 5 residents will be retirement age. By 2060, the U.S. is projected to grow by 79 million people, from about 326 million today to 404 million.
This 2030 demographic population milestone combined with the desire of older Americans to live independently makes it critical that acute and post-acute care organizations proactively develop strategies, tools and solutions to enable them...